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This week's Revolutionary poet is Wallace Stevens. Read his story and how he found life in Poetry.
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Wallace Stevens was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, on October 2, 1879. He attended Harvard University as an undergraduate from 1897 to 1900. He planned to travel to Paris as a writer, but after a working briefly as a reporter for the New York Herald Times, he decided to study law. He graduated with a degree from New York Law School in 1903 and was admitted to the U.S. Bar in 1904. He practised law in New York City until 1916.
Though he had serious determination to become a successful lawyer, Stevens had several friends among the New York writers and painters in Greenwich Village, including the poets William Carlos Williams, Marianne Moore, and E. E. Cummings.
In 1914, under the pseudonym "Peter Parasol," he sent a group of poems under the title "Phases" to Harriet Monroe for a war poem competition for Poetry magazine. Stevens did not win the prize, but was published by Monroe in November of that year.
Stevens moved to Connecticut in 1916, having found employment at the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co., of which he became vice president in 1934. He had begun to establish an identity for himself outside the world of law and business, however, and his first book of poems, Harmonium, published in 1923, exhibited the influence of both the English Romantics and the French symbolists, an inclination to aesthetic philosophy, and a wholly original style and sensibility: exotic, whimsical, infused with the light and color of an Impressionist painting.
For the next several years, Stevens focused on his business life. He began to publish new poems in 1930, however, and in the following year, Knopf published an second edition of Harmonium, which included fourteen new poems and left out three of the decidedly weaker ones.
More than any other modern poet, Stevens was concerned with the transformative power of the imagination. Composing poems on his way to and from the office and in the evenings, Stevens continued to spend his days behind a desk at the office, and led a quiet, uneventful life.
Though now considered one of the major American poets of the century, he did not receive widespread recognition until the publication of his Collected Poems, just a year before his death. His major works include Ideas of Order (1935), The Man With the Blue Guitar (1937), Notes Towards a Supreme Fiction (1942), and a collection of essays on poetry, The Necessary Angel (1951).
Stevens died in Hartford in 1955.
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[Warning: This story contains major spoilers from Sunday's episode of The Walking Dead. Read at your own risk!]
The Walking Dead took a shocking turn in Sunday's Season 3 finale, killing off a character who is still alive in the comics more than 100 issues in. Sure, the show has taken liberties with character deaths before, but this particular death is such a departure that one must question whether this will alienate fans of the comic books.
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The Walking Dead: Who's going to die before Season 3 ends?
Following the surprisingly emotional death of Merle (Michael Rooker) last week, Andrea's goodbye was an entirely different beast. As she sat there with Michonne before she took her own life, we pondered how underused this duo really was. There are still plenty of story lines to mine here, so why does Andrea have to die? Her future story lines in the comics are actually interesting! Executive producer and comic book creator Robert Kirkman has always said that he'd stray from the comics, but is this departure pushing it too far?
In keeping with the theme of the season - there can be no peace - The Governor simply got away, leaving the door open for him to return and wreak some other kind of havoc. Rick does still have both of his hands, after all, and a lot more mouths to feed with the remaining residents of Woodbury coming to the prison.
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1. Shocker: T.O. booed in Philly
2. No shocker: T.O. is impotent
3. Bears confirm No. 1 status
4. Reggie Bush makes good
5. Daunte benched after argument?
Sunday night: Hopefully, positive reinforcement (like beating the reigning NFL champs) will convince Marty Schottenheimer that the further he gets from "Martyball," the better.
(Meanwhile, the Steelers are reeling. 1-3 with three straight losses? Don't talk to me about how tough their schedule is; talk to me about how they'll spend that Top 10 draft pick.)
Click here for my quick-hit breakdown. (Or, of course, just scroll down to the next item.)
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Is Joe Torre going to
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Top dud:
Did you catch Garrett Wolfe, the
The latest AP Top 25 poll did the right thing, vaulting
Worst Ballot: Angelique Chengelis of the Detroit News, a target of my mockery for her ballot last week (ridiculous homerism putting
Chengelis replaced last week's laughable pick of
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Now that that the Nine Days are over, we can again eat meat, considering it's summer what could be better than something made on the grill? We've adapted the following recipe from Prime Time – The Lobels' Guide to Great Grilled Meats.
Club Filet Mignon Kabobs with Rosemary-Brushed Potatoes and Red Peppers
Serves 6
- 6 small red-skinned potatoes (about 1 pound)
- Salt to taste
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary
- Freshly ground black pepper to taste
- Vegetable oil cooking spray
- 2 1/2 pounds club filet mignon (not a real filet mignon, or any well marbleized cut) , trimmed and cut into 24 cubes, each about 1 1/2 inches square
- 3 red bell peppers (about 1 1/2 pounds), cut into 18 chunks
- Six 12-inch metal skewers
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- Combine the olive oil, garlic, and rosemary in a large bow, season to taste with salt and pepper . Add the potatoes and stir gently to coat.
- Prepare a charcoal or gas grill. Lightly spray the grill rack with vegatable oil cooking spray. The coals should be moderately hot to hot.
- Lift the potatoes from the marinade. Transfer the marinade to a small saucepan and heat gently until warm and fragrant. Thread the potatoes, steak, and peppers onto skewers, beginning and ending with a potato and threading 4 pieces of meat and 3 chunks of peppers onto each. Grill for 10 to 12 minutes, turning several times and brushing with the marinade, until medium rare, or until the meal reaches the desired degree of doneness, the potatoes are tender, and the peppers are slightly charred. Serve immediately.
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Leonardo DiCaprio brings Jay Gatsby to life
Jay Gatsby is a strikingly handsome, incredibly wealthy man who's shrouded in mystery, at least involving the source of his riches. He's terribly lonely, and regularly throws wild parties in his opulent mansion, just so there are people around him. He's hopelessly in love with a (married) woman from his past, and will do anything he can to win her. What actor wouldn't want to play the lead in "The Great Gatsby?" Well, five have attempted it on film, to varying degrees of success. There was Warner Baxter in the long-lost 1926 silent version, a stiff Alan Ladd in 1949, a slightly long-in-the-tooth Robert Redford in 1974, and a close-to-sneering (rather than smiling) Toby Stephens in a 2000 TV version. Now Leonardo DiCaprio tries the role on for size in Baz Luhrmann's new adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's celebrated novel, and he comes closest yet to capturing the character that was on the page. DiCaprio discussed the character and the movie in New York last week.
You've spoken before about growing up without much money, just as Gatsby does in the book and film. Did you identify with him?
I think everyone has some sort of connection to Gatsby as a character. He's someone who has created himself according to his own imagination and dreams, lifted himself by his own bootstraps as a poor youth in the Midwest, and created this image that is the great Gatsby. It's a truly American story in that regard. Here's this emerging democracy that is America in the 1920s, and he wants to emulate a Rockefeller of that time period. He, of course, creates his wealth in the underworld, but this is the new land that is America. It was a very exciting time, and I think we can all relate to that dreamer in Gatsby. Each one of us gets excited by the prospect of somebody that has that much ambition.
Do you recall when you first read the book?
The "Gatsby" that I remember reading in school when I was 15 years old was far different than the "Gatsby" I read as an adult. What I remember from back then was this hopeless romantic that was solely in love with this one woman, and created this great amount of wealth to be able to respectably hold her hand. But to re-read it as an adult was fascinating. It is one of those novels that's still talked about, nearly a hundred years later, for a reason. It's incredibly nuanced, it's existential, and here, at the center of it, is this man who has attached himself to this relic, this mirage, known as Daisy. For the first time, I was struck by the sadness in him, and I looked at him completely differently. I looked at him as someone who's very hollow, and searching for some sort of meaning.
So how do you go about inserting yourself into the character?
One very telling sequence in the book that was very important for me was after he's lured Daisy into his castle, he's holding her, yet he's still staring out at the green light. He's finally got her in his arms, but he's still searching for this thing that he thinks is going to complete him. That was the Gatsby that I was so excited about playing. So as I got older, it took on new meaning, and I think that's what's so incredible about the novel. Everyone who reads it has their own interpretation of who these characters are. Of course, when you're making a movie, you have to be very specific. That's what's very difficult in making a movie of it, because everyone has their own personal attachment to the book, and they feel that they know these characters on a very intimate level.
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Sociopaths aren't just the serial killers and rapists we see on the 6 o'clock news. They are our neighbors, co-workers, friends, family members, and sometimes our "soul mates."
Sociopaths are the charmers and manipulators. They are the people who appear together and well-groomed at first glance, but hide many secrets and lies underneath their mask of sanity.
Sociopaths, in the early love-bombing stage of an intimate relationship, use many superlatives in order to woo and control their victims.
They say things to intoxicate you into compliance:
- "You are the love of my life."
- "I have never known anyone like you."
- "You are perfect for me."
- "I want to spend the rest of my life with you."
- "I never want to leave your side."
- "You are the most beautiful person I have ever met."
- "We are perfect for each other."
- "You are exactly what I have been looking for my entire life."
The following is taken from my book: Escaping the Boy: My Life with a Sociopath:
Do you know what it feels like to be locked up, placed in a dungeon of a partner's creation? If so, you're not alone. If not, pray you never do.
Abuse comes in many forms and affects many people in the victim's life. Emotional, physical, and sexual abuses are equally degrading and harmful. One is not better than the other or worse than the other. They are ALL abuse.
This story is specifically about emotional abuse at the hands of a narcissistic sociopath.
According to Dr. Martha Stout's book The Sociopath Next Door, sociopaths make up 4% of western society (Stout, 2010). That's about 1 in 25 people walking around among us without a conscience, without the ability to measure, or care to measure, the morality of their decisions and actions. Would you know how to identify a sociopath if you saw one, met one, started an intimate relationship or entered into a business contract with one? More than likely, your answer is No, because unlike what we read on the television news or see in Hollywood movies, sociopaths aren't just serial killers and murderers. Rather, they are members of our communities who we would never suspect of evil or wrong doing and who seamlessly blend into society with the rest of us. How? Through lies, manipulations, and more lies.
In romance, narcissistic sociopaths often appear too good to be true. They are charming, agreeable, and engaging. The narcissistic sociopath loves (or seems to love) everything about you. He hooks you. Then he breaks you. His emotional abuse is VERY subtle. The victim may not know she is being victimized until it is nearly too late.
Identifying narcissistic sociopaths
Although not all narcissists are sociopaths, all sociopaths are narcissists (Stout 2010). Therefore, if you can identify a narcissist, you're one step closer to being able to recognize a sociopath. Below is a definition of narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) and a list of narcissistic traits taken directly from the website of Dr. Sam Vaknin, author of Malignant Self-Love. (If you know someone who fits at least 5 or more of these traits, a psychiatrist could easily diagnose him/her as having NPD.)
The DSM-IV-TR defines Narcissistic Personality Disorder as "an all-pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration or adulation and lack of empathy, usually beginning by early adulthood and present in various contexts," such as family life and work.
1. Feels grandiose and self-important (e.g., exaggerates accomplishments, talents, skills, contacts, and personality traits to the point of lying, demands to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements);
2. Is obsessed with fantasies of unlimited success, fame, fearsome power or omnipotence, unequalled brilliance (the cerebral narcissist), bodily beauty or sexual performance (the somatic narcissist), or ideal, everlasting, all-conquering love or passion;
3. Firmly convinced that he or she is unique and, being special, can only be understood by, should only be treated by, or associate with, other special or unique, or high-status people (or institutions);
4. Requires excessive admiration, adulation, attention and affirmation – or, failing that, wishes to be feared and to be notorious (Narcissistic Supply);
5. Feels entitled. Demands automatic and full compliance with his or her unreasonable expectations for special and favorable priority treatment;
6. Is "interpersonally exploitative", i.e., uses others to achieve his or her own ends;
7. Devoid of empathy. Is unable or unwilling to identify with, acknowledge, or accept the feelings, needs, preferences, priorities, and choices of others;
8. Constantly envious of others and seeks to hurt or destroy the objects of his or her frustration. Suffers from persecutory (paranoid) delusions as he or she believes that they feel the same about him or her and are likely to act similarly;
9. Behaves arrogantly and haughtily. Feels superior, omnipotent, omniscient, invincible, immune, "above the law", and omnipresent (magical thinking). Rages when frustrated, contradicted, or confronted by people he or she considers inferior to him or her and unworthy (http://samvak.tripod.com).
Once it's clear you're dealing with a narcissist, go through the following list to see if the narcissist is also a sociopath. (You'll discover many overlapping traits from each list.) The list below of 20 sociopathic traits is taken directly from the book Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us by Dr. Robert D. Hare, Ph.D:
1. Glib and superficial charm. The tendency to be smooth, engaging, charming, slick, and verbally facile. Sociopathic charm is not in the least shy, self-conscious, or afraid to say anything. A sociopath never gets tongue-tied. They have freed themselves from the social conventions about taking turns in talking, for example.
2. Grandiose self-worth. A grossly inflated view of one's abilities and self-worth, self-assured, opinionated, cocky, a braggart. Sociopaths are arrogant people who believe they are superior human beings.
3. Need for stimulation or proneness to boredom. An excessive need for novel, thrilling, and exciting stimulation; taking chances and doing things that are risky. Sociopaths often have low self-discipline in carrying tasks through to completion because they get bored easily. They fail to work at the same job for any length of time, for example, or to finish tasks that they consider dull or routine.
4. Pathological lying. Can be moderate or high; in moderate form, they will be shrewd, crafty, cunning, sly, and clever; in extreme form, they will be deceptive, deceitful, underhanded, unscrupulous, manipulative, and dishonest.
5. Conning and manipulative. The use of deceit and deception to cheat, con, or defraud others for personal gain; distinguished from Item #4 in the degree to which exploitation and callous ruthlessness is present, as reflected in a lack of concern for the feelings and suffering of one's victims.
6. Lack of remorse or guilt. A lack of feelings or concern for the losses, pain, and suffering of victims; a tendency to be unconcerned, dispassionate, coldhearted, and unempathic. This item is usually demonstrated by a disdain for one's victims.
7. Shallow affect. Emotional poverty or a limited range or depth of feelings; interpersonal coldness in spite of signs of open gregariousness.
8. Callousness and lack of empathy. A lack of feelings toward people in general; cold, contemptuous, inconsiderate, and tactless.
9. Parasitic lifestyle. An intentional, manipulative, selfish, and exploitative financial dependence on others as reflected in a lack of motivation, low self-discipline, and inability to begin or complete responsibilities.
10. Poor behavioral controls. Expressions of irritability, annoyance, impatience, threats, aggression, and verbal abuse; inadequate control of anger and temper; acting hastily.
11. Promiscuous sexual behavior. A variety of brief, superficial relations, numerous affairs, and an indiscriminate selection of sexual partners; the maintenance of several relationships at the same time; a history of attempts to sexually coerce others into sexual activity or taking great pride at discussing sexual exploits or conquests.
12. Early behavior problems. A variety of behaviors prior to age 13, including lying, theft, cheating, vandalism, bullying, sexual activity, fire-setting, glue-sniffing, alcohol use, and running away from home.
13. Lack of realistic, long-term goals. An inability or persistent failure to develop and execute long-term plans and goals; a nomadic existence, aimless, lacking direction in life.
14. Impulsivity. The occurrence of behaviors that are unpremeditated and lack reflection or planning; inability to resist temptation, frustrations, and urges; a lack of deliberation without considering the consequences; foolhardy, rash, unpredictable, erratic, and reckless.
15. Irresponsibility. Repeated failure to fulfill or honor obligations and commitments; such as not paying bills, defaulting on loans, performing sloppy work, being absent or late to work, failing to honor contractual agreements.
16. Failure to accept responsibility for own actions. A failure to accept responsibility for one's actions reflected in low conscientiousness, an absence of dutifulness, antagonistic manipulation, denial of responsibility, and an effort to manipulate others through this denial.
17. Many short-term marital relationships. A lack of commitment to a long-term relationship reflected in inconsistent, undependable, and unreliable commitments in life, including marital.
18. Juvenile delinquency. Behavior problems between the ages of 13-18; mostly behaviors that are crimes or clearly involve aspects of antagonism, exploitation, aggression, manipulation, or a callous, ruthless tough-mindedness.
19. Revocation of condition release. A revocation of probation or other conditional release due to technical violations, such as carelessness, low deliberation, or failing to appear.
20. Criminal versatility. A diversity of types of criminal offenses, regardless if the person has been arrested or convicted for them; taking great pride at getting away with crimes. (Hare 2011).
In addition to the above two lists of traits, the biggest trait (or magic trick as I like to call it) that makes narcissistic sociopaths so dangerous and effective is their ability to go unnoticed by the rest of us. They can do this, because they are good at pretending (lying) and wearing many masks (again, lying). Simply put, they lie to themselves and everyone else. They lie so much that some of them are convinced of their own lies, which is where evil is born.
I am no psychologist, psychiatrist, or counselor. However, I have lived alongside a narcissistic sociopath and feel the need to share, even if in a tale-like fiction setting, how I understand the psychopathology that insidiously penetrated my body, mind, and spirit until I was nearly convinced that I was the evil one. How? Projection, transference, and control, that's how.
I hope you enjoy this story and pass it along to your family, friends, others you love, and anyone you suspect is or has been a victim.
Paula Carrasquillo ~ July 2012
Escaping the Boy: My Life with a Sociopath
Paula Carrasquillo, M.A. lives and works in the Washington, D.C. area. She holds a master's degree in Communication and Adult Education and a bachelor's degree in English. Paula is currently enrolled in a 200-hour yoga teacher training program and hopes to be certified in July 2014. Her next book, "Embracing Your Light: Minful Healing and Recovery from Sociopath Abuse" is set to be published in late 2014.


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Officials negotiating to bring massive FedEx facility to Ocala
Marion County and the city of Ocala are negotiating with FedEx Ground Package System Inc. to build a hub facility on 150 acres at the Ocala/Marion County Commerce Park, commonly known as the Magna or Ocala 489 property, bringing an estimated 165 jobs and capital investment in excess of $100 million to town.
The County Commission and City Council will be asked on Tuesday to approve an agreement among the city, county and FedEx Ground to provide incentives totaling an estimated $3.47 million to lure the company to Ocala. The jobs will pay wages equivalent to Marion County's current average annual wage of $31,536. The jobs will be a combination of full-time and part-time positions.
Marion County Commission Chairwoman Kathy Bryant expressed optimism that the deal would get done, saying it would be a "huge win for Marion County."
Speaking about the 165 jobs that FedEx would bring to the area, Bryant noted that the company uses many contractors in its workforce and she believes the actual number of people working at the facility would be much higher.
"That is a very low estimate, and I have been told that the estimates are as high as 1,000 jobs," she said. "That is huge."
The county's share of the incentives are estimated to cost $1.08 million and the city's share would be $2.39 million.
The county is being asked to provide a 10 percent cash match of $99,000 for the state's Qualified Target Industry grant program and a $632,180 waiver of transportation impact fees.
The county and city are being asked to share equally in the estimated $800,000 cost to move a Florida Gas Transmission line, but no more than $400,000 will be paid by each entity.
The city, too, is being asked for a 10 percent, or $99,000, match to the state's Qualified Target Industry grant program and $742,000 of fee waivers.
In addition to the gas line, the company is requesting other infrastructure be moved.
An existing city reuse water line will have to be moved at an estimated cost of $150,000 to the city. And a 230kV electric transmission line will be moved, which is estimated to cost the city $750,000.
In addition, the city is in the process of building Northwest 35th Avenue from U.S. 27 to the property line as a two-lane road, but FedEx would like that to be a four-lane road, which is estimated to cost an additional $1.6 million. The city would not begin that project until Nov. 14, 2013.
Marc Mondell, the city's executive director of community development, said that the state Department of Transportation and the state Department of Economic Opportunity has awarded a $2.15 million grant to be used largely for the road construction and possibly other infrastructure costs. Any costs above the $2.1 million state grant will be paid initially by the company, with the city, alone, or the city and county, combined, reimbursing the company over 10 years, depending on what infrastructure is involved.
The company also will be eligible for Enterprise Zone tax breaks. The city has agreed to waive up to 50 percent of its current local utility tax, which currently is 10 percent, for five years for an estimated total of $248,000. The state will waive half of its 6 percent tax for five years.
The company has said it will make a good faith effort to hire contractors in Ocala/Marion County and hire people who live in the Enterprise Zone.
City Manager Matthew Brower said the city and county's portions are but two of the dominoes that must fall into place for the deal to be realized.
For one thing, city and county officials must approve the deal. For another, the property owner, William Kearns of Ocala 489 LLC, will have to agree to sell and then close with FedEx Ground on 150 acres of the property located on the south end of the Commerce Park, which lies east of Interstate 75 and North of U.S. 27.
And the state will have to approve its QTI grants.
The county, in a separate agreement with the city to be voted on Tuesday, is asking for assurances that the city will not place the Ocala/Marion County Commerce Park land in any Community Redevelopment Area for 25 years from the date of the tri-party agreement.
If all the pieces fall in place, under the agreement with the city, construction on the building should begin no later than July 31, 2014, and be completed no later than Oct. 31, 2016.
The company would have until Dec. 31, 2018, to reach the 165 full-time equivalent jobs and would have to keep those jobs for 10 years after the completion of the building. The jobs would include a variety of management and administrative-level positions.
"This does not address any contractor positions," Mondell said.
FedEx Ground will be making a total capital investment of $122.9 million, of which $75 million will be spent on constructing a 383,161 square foot building. The remainder will be spent on machinery and equipment.
Mondell said the city considers the deal with FedEx Ground a good one for several reasons: FedEx Ground is making a $122 million capital investment and there is a four-year return on investment on the project, which has been reviewed and approved by the Financial Review Committee.
"After four years, that meter keeps running," Mondell said, referring to the return the city will realize in the sale of electric and the tax dollars the company will pay.
The city and county already have invested heavily toward developing Ocala 489's property into an industrial park, now called the Ocala/Marion County Commerce Park. Under the original Master Development Agreement approved by the city, county and Ocala 489 in August 2011, the county agreed to spend an estimated $13.6 million to four-lane Northwest 35th Street from U.S. 441 and 27th Avenue and to extend the road about a half-mile into the site.
Under that Master Agreement, the city agreed to spend an estimated $14.3 million to build Northwest 35th Avenue north from U.S. 27 into the site and to provide water and sewer service. The developer, Ocala 489, LLC, agreed to contribute $7 million of right-of-way toward the road improvements and to build a $2.4 million rail spur to tie into CSX Transportation's "S" line. Ocala 489 is still responsible for providing the rail line.
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Oil changes and oil use
Q: Hi, Greg, I have a Buick with 42,000 miles and GMC truck with 82,000 miles. I have recently gone to full synthetic oil for both vehicles in 5W-30 and 10W-30, respectively.
I use the truck in the summer in Michigan and then the Buick in the winter while in Arizona. Both vehicles are in storage about six months a year, and I drive each one about 5,000 miles in that time period. Should I change oil just before I store them or let them sit and then change when I use them for the new season? Also, do you use synthetics or regular oil in your cars? Your columns are very enjoyable. Thanks, Ron Krieger, Orleans, Mich.
A: Thanks for your letter, Ron. If it were me, and since you don't let these vehicles sit for years at a time, I'd change the oil just before using them for the season. I've mentioned in previous columns that oil changes are to cars what showers and baths are to us humans. Some car owners can usually go an easy 5,000 miles between oil changes, others like to change every 3,000.
As for me, I'm one of the 3,000- to 3,500-mile drain interval fans, as fresh oil keeps everything clean inside. Today's engines are way more sophisticated than the antique or collector cars I write about, and engine oils have come a long way, too. Back in my day, there was no such thing as a synthetic oil, but today the manufacturers are making better lubricants than ever and recommending them for regular use.
I do use synthetic oil in my cars mainly because of synthetic's superior cold weather starting abilities. Notable synthetics include Mobil 1, Lucas Oil, Quaker State, Valvoline, Amsoil, Pennzoil, Royal Purple and Castrol, to name but a few of the many excellent brands available.
In summary, when Corvette, Cadillac and Camaro/Trans-Am with the high performance LS-series engines came filled with Mobil 1 from the factory, it was an indicator of the superior qualities of synthetic oil.
However, with all this said, your car will also run well with regular crude based oils, as they are much cheaper and basically have the same drain intervals as the above mentioned synthetics (with the exception of Amsoil, which has extended oil life with filter changes of up to 12,000 miles.) I could write for a long time about the use of oils, but hopefully this answers your question.
Finally, to all of the collector car owners out there, it is OK to use synthetics on your older cars without a catalytic converter. Now, if your car has an oil leak, I'd stick with the conventional oil until it is fixed.
On the specialty side, Lucas Oil makes a special 10W40 Hot Rod & Classic Car Motor Oil with higher zinc content while Amsoil produces a synthetic for classic cars called Z-Rod. The choice is yours.
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PINEHURST, N.C. — Martin Kaymer is playing a brand of golf rarely seen in the U.S. Open. It might even be enough for soccer-mad Germany to pay attention.
The other 155 players at Pinehurst No. 2 certainly are.
Kaymer set the 36-hole scoring record at the U.S. Open on Friday with another five-under 65 — this one without a single bogey — to build a six-shot lead over Brendon Todd and leave the rest of the field wondering if the 29-year-old German was playing a different course, or even a different tournament.
"If he does it for two more days, then we're all playing for second spot," Adam Scott said.
Kaymer was at 10-under 130, breaking by one shot the record set by Rory McIlroy at rain-softened Congressional in 2011. He had an eight-shot lead when he finished his morning round. Todd made some tough par saves to keep bogeys off his card for a 67.
"I heard he played the No. 3 course. Is that true?" Kevin Na said after a 69 put him seven shots behind. "It's unbelievable what he's done. Is four- or five-under out there? Yes. Ten-under out there? No, I don't think so. I guess it was out there for him. I watched some of the shots he hit and some of the putts he's made, and he looks flawless."
The six-shot lead after 36 holes tied the U.S. Open record first set by Tiger Woods at Pebble Beach in 2000 and matched by McIlroy at Congressional. Woods wound up winning by 15 shots. McIlroy won by eight.
"I played Congressional and I thought, 'How can you shoot that low?' And that's probably what a lot of other people think about me right now," Kaymer said.
At least a few of them allowed for some hope going into the weekend. Todd, who won the Byron Nelson Championship last month for his first PGA Tour win, will play in the final group today in his first U.S. Open.
Brandt Snedeker had a 68 and joined Na at three-under 137.
Phil Mickelson was 13 shots behind after going back to his conventional putting grip and giving up too many shots. He had a 73.
A fast-moving thunderstorm dumped rain on Pinehurst overnight, though it didn't make the course that much easier. The pins were in tougher locations. Trouble is waiting around any corner at Pinehurst No. 2. Kaymer rarely found it.
He opened with a short birdie on the par-5 10th hole, added birdie putts from 20 and 25 feet, and then hit a gorgeous drive on the par-4 third hole, where the tee was moved up to make it play 315 yards. His shot landed perfectly between two bunkers and bounced onto the green to set up a two-putt birdie.
And the lead kept growing.
"I look at the scoreboards. It's enjoyable," Kaymer said. "To see what's going on, to watch yourself, how you react if you're leading by five, by six. I don't know, but it's quite nice to play golf that way."
It looks like a typical U.S. Open — except for Kaymer.
Dustin Johnson opened with a pair of 69s, a score he would have gladly taken at the start of the week and perhaps thought it would be good enough to lead.
"I wouldn't have thought it would be eight shots behind," Johnson said.
Brooks Koepka, the American who is carving his way through the European Tour, birdied his last hole for a 68 and joined the group at two-under 138 with Brendon de Jonge (70), Henrik Stenson (69) and former PGA champion Keegan Bradley, who played in the same group with Kaymer and rallied for a 69.
"He's as dialed it as I've seen," Bradley said.
Kaymer was the sixth player in U.S. Open history to reach double-digits under par, though McIlroy was the only other player to get there before the weekend. Kaymer already won the PGA Championship in 2010 at Whistling Straits, and he added the next best thing to a major last month at The Players Championship. It's tough for any golfer to make headlines in Germany, especially in a World Cup year.
At least Germany doesn't start in Brazil until Monday.
"That's the first game, so maybe I got a little bit of some . . . things in the newspapers about me," Kaymer said. "Football is our biggest sport, and I can't wait to watch the first game. I think golf, it's not that important, but not much I can do."
This is the "Germanator" everyone expected when he won the PGA Championship, and then a year later rose to No. 1 in the world. Kaymer felt his game was not complete enough, so he set out to develop a draw — his natural shot is a fade — and it took two years of lonely hours on the range to get it right.
At the moment, he can do no wrong.
Each time he looked to be in trouble, Kaymer escaped. He drove toward the lip of a bunker on the 14th and did well just to reach the front of the green, some 70 feet away. The long putt on the turtleback greens Donald Ross created was so difficult that his first putt nearly ran off the putting surface. He made a 12-footer for par.
Kaymer felt tired toward the end of the round, and it showed. He hit into bunkers on the sixth and seventh holes, and both times blasted out to short range. He also converted a difficult two-putt from the front of the eighth green.
He spent the whole day going forward. Now, everyone else is going to need him to come back to have any chance.
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Over at the new Law & Mind Blog, several Harvard Law students have been blogging about about system justification theory. In the first post on the topic (copied below), third-year student Rachel Funk summarizes a chapter by Gary Blasi and Situationist Contributor John Jost (forthcoming in Ideology, Psychology, and Law, edited by Situationist Contributor Jon Hanson).
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In System Justification Theory and Research: Implications for Law, Legal Advocacy, and Social Justice, Gary Blasi and John Jost outline a model of social psychology they call system justification theory (SJT). According to Blasi and Jost, in addition to the well-established theories of ego justification (that is, our psychological need to think well of ourselves) and group justification (our psychological need to think well of the groups that we identify and associate with), there is a third related phenomenon: namely, system justification. While ego justification accounts for our tendency to privilege ourselves above others and to think and behave in ways that are self-serving, and group justification accounts for our tendency to give preference to members of our group over outsiders, Blasi and Jost argue that system justification is needed to fill out the picture, because we need to account for why marginalized members of society tend to support the current social order, even though it disadvantages them, thus defying the rational actor model inherent in our social institutions, particularly the legal system.
According to the rational actor model, members of disadvantaged groups should be trying to undermine the current regime, since, by definition, it disadvantages them. Instead, as demonstrated by various empirical studies, they seem to be zealous advocates (so to speak) of the status quo. Blasi and Jost argue that SJT can account for this seeming contradiction because, unlike the rational actor model, it posits that people will generally support the status quo, regardless of whether it advantages or disadvantages them.
In fact, our defense of the status quo becomes even more ardent when we perceive the current system to be threatened. For instance, Blasi and Jost cite one study in which people were asked to assign punishments to hypothetical defendants. For crimes that the researchers represented as being common but rarely punished — and thus an implicit threat to the existing social order — people assigned much more severe punishments to defendants accused of that crime than to defendants accused of crimes represented as being more frequently successfully prosecuted (129-30). However, we have the opposite reaction to the status quo when we view the regime change as "inevitable" (134-35), which may explain the phenomenon we are now seeing with regard to Americans' changing attitudes to same-sex marriage, although it is unclear what is needed for a regime change to be considered "inevitable."
So what happens when we endorse the status quo and adopt system-justifying ideologies? Studies show that in the short term, the acceptance of the status quo by disadvantaged members of society results in greater satisfaction at work and at home, indicating that system justification serves a "palliative function" (132). However, in the long run, their support of the status quo leads to cognitive dissonance, because their need to think well of themselves and their social groups necessarily conflicts with their low status in society. In other words, for disadvantaged members of society, ego justification and group justification will inevitably conflict with system justification because members of these groups will not be able to reconcile their positive perception of themselves and their social groups with their simultaneous support of a system that marginalizes them.
One of the reasons that society may be resistant to this model, as Blasi and Jost suggest, is that it necessitates accepting that our biases can be implicit (that is, unconscious) as well as explicit. The rational actor model is more comforting, because it assures us that we are in full control of our beliefs and behavior. If we have control over them, we can change them. And if we don't change them, that must be because they are fine the way they are (and of course they are fine, because why else would we have them?).
Overall, SJT provides a persuasive account of the phenomena that Blasi and Jost seek to explain in the chapter. In the same vein as theories like "belief in a just world", SJT offers a further insight into how we conjure up rationalizations for our situation in life because we do not want to believe — or cannot believe — that it is random or out of our control. Blasi and Jost also suggest a variety of ways in which SJT could be incorporated into the legal system, something that is desperately needed if the law's foundational view of human behavior — which is to say, the rational actor model — is so far off the mark.
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Read the students' discussion of the chapter here.
Related Situationist posts:
- "Patriots Loss = 'poetic justice'"
- "The Unlucky Irish: Celtics Fans and Affective Forecasting,"
- "Ideology Shaping Situation of Vice Versa,"
- "Thanksgiving as 'System Justification.'"
- "Cheering for the Underdog."
- "A System-Justification Primer,"
- "Barbara Ehrenreich on the Sources of and Problems with Dispositionism,"
- "The Motivated Situation of Inequality and Discrimination,"
- "John Jost on System Justification Theory,"
- "John Jost's "System Justification and the Law" – Video,"
- "Independence Day: Celebrating Courage to Challenge the Situation,"
To review the full collection of Situationist posts related to system justification, click here.


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The big get bigger. A new report on the cell phone industry (PDF) from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) opens with the line, "The biggest changes in the wireless industry since 2000 have been consolidation among wireless carriers and increased use of wireless services by consumers." Both parts of that sentence are significant; though only four players dominate 90 percent of the US wireless market, consumers have seen serious benefits over the last decade.
Even as the industry consolidated, making it "more difficult for small and regional carriers to be competitive," prices dropped and coverage rose. It might not feel like that when you pay your wireless bill, but the GAO concludes that (when inflation is factored into the equation) 2008 prices were only half of what they had been in 1999.
Still, critics focused on the consolidation of the market, calling it a long-term risk. "These trends do not bode well for consumers, despite any benefits of the moment," said Public Knowledge's Gigi Sohn, who then called for wireless net neutrality, text messaging regulation, an end to handset exclusivity, and more reasonable early termination fees.
While consolidation is real, no company has more than a third of the market. (Compare this to Google's staggering domination of the search market.) Still, industry practices involving handset exclusivity and early termination fees may keep consumers out of the market during the course of two-year contracts, and this may have some anti-consumer effects such as "anticompetitive switching costs."
But wireless carriers have their own problems, including zoning. Putting up new towers can be difficult, expensive, and time-consuming, depending on where one wants to build. "Many stakeholders with whom we spoke said that in California, for example, there continues to be significant public concern over the aesthetic and health impacts of wireless infrastructure," says the report. "As a result, locating wireless facilities can be challenging in cities such as San Diego and San Francisco."


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Larry Hagman as J.R.: A TV villain for all ages
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NEW YORK - One reason "Dallas" became a cultural phenomenon like none other is that Larry Hagman never took its magnitude for granted.
During an interview last June, he spoke of returning to Dallas and the real-life Southfork Ranch some months earlier to resume his role of J.R. Ewing for the TNT network's revival of the series. There at Southfork, now a major tourist attraction, he came upon a wall-size family tree diagramming the entanglement of "Dallas" characters.
"I looked at it and said 'I didn't know I was related to HER!'" Hagman marveled. "And I didn't know THAT!"
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In its own way, the original "Dallas" - which aired on CBS from 1978 to 1991 - was unfathomably bigger than anything on TV before or since, while J.R. Ewing remains unrivaled not just as a video villain but as a towering mythical figure.
All this is largely thanks to Hagman and his epic portrayal of J.R., a Texas oilman and patriarch who, in Hagman's hands, was in equal measures loathsome and lovable.
Hagman, who died Friday at 81, certainly had nothing more to prove a quarter-century ago when "Dallas" ended after 14 seasons.
But in the series revival, whose first season aired this summer, J.R. was even more evil and deliciously conniving than ever. Though visibly frail, Hagman knew how to leverage J.R.'s vulnerabilities as a new form of strength to wield against his rivals. Hagman knew how to double-down on J.R. as a force the audience could hiss and cheer with equal delight.
Of course, in his long career, Hagman did more than star in "Dallas" and tackled more roles than J.R. Ewing. Had "Dallas" never come along with its operatic sprawl of power, corruption and family feuds, Hagman would likely be remembered for an earlier series, "I Dream of Jeannie," the 1960s sitcom about an astronaut and the genie who loved him.
Even so, during Hagman's five seasons co-starring with Barbara Eden as the sexy genie-in-a-bottle, he was inevitably upstaged.
That would never be a problem on "Dallas," especially after the final hour of the series' second season, when J.R. was gunned down by an unknown assailant and left for dead on his office floor.
All that summer and late into the fall, the nation was seized and teased by the mystery of Who Shot J.R.? Nearly every fellow character had sufficient motive to want J.R. killed, and which of them had done the deed was a question everyone was asking. Finally, the answer was delivered on the episode that aired 32 years ago almost to the day - on Nov. 21, 1980 - when the shooter was revealed to be J.R.'s scheming sister-in-law and mistress, Kristin.
And oh, by the way, J.R. survived.
As J.R., Hagman could marshal piercing glances with his hawk-like eyes, and chill any onlooker with his wicked grin. There was no depth to which J.R. couldn't sink, especially with the outrageous story lines the series blessed him with.
But his popularity exceeded that for even a notable bad guy. This, too, is a credit to Hagman's portrayal. By all indications, the glorious rascalness that made J.R. such fun to watch was lifted intact from Hagman's own lively personality.
During last June's lunch interview with Hagman and Linda Gray (J.R.'s long-suffering onetime wife, Sue Ellen), Gray recalled the day the "Dallas" cast first met.
"He walks in, this man with a cowboy hat," said Gray, "and I thought, 'What's this?' To me, he was still the astronaut from 'I Dream of Jeannie.' Then he looked at me and he went, 'Hello, darlin'.' And that was it: I thought, Oh, darn, this is gonna be fun."
"She THREW herself at me!" Hagman broke in. "She'd had a couple of glasses of champagne already, and she put her arms around me and said, 'I'm your WIFE!'"
"Where do you come up with these stories?" Gray, laughing, fired back at the man she would describe at his passing months later as "my best friend for 35 years."
What made J.R. irresistible, and always forgivable, was his high-spiritedness, his love of the game. Despite the legendary fortune of the Ewings, J.R. didn't flaunt his wealth. (Southfork was comfortable all right, but not ostentatious. If you wanted to see a prime-time soap whose characters threw their money around, you switched over to ABC and watched "Dynasty.") J.R. savored power, not things. He loved doing to others before they did it to him, and he usually succeeded.
Operating with such diabolical zest, J.R. appalled viewers, yet they always rooted for him. And relied on him to prevail. Back in 1980, they played an obsessive guessing game of Who Shot J.R.? But no one for a moment imagined he would die.
This makes Hagman's passing difficult for fans to comprehend. And it raises an obvious question: During the new season of TNT's "Dallas," which begins Jan. 28, will J.R. have to die?
On some level, his fate seems unavoidable. But for viewers who have hate-loved J.R. for decades, there's a different answer: Thanks to Larry Hagman, J.R. is forever.


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Today in the news: Casey Anthony makes first public appearance in two years
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Casey Anthony, who has been in hiding since she was found innocent of killing her 2-year-old daughter in 2011, made her first public appearance in two years today, ABC News reports. Anthony arrived at federal court today for a meeting on bankruptcy case, which she filed in January. The filing reportedly stated that Anthony has been unemployed for four years, is almost $800,000 in debt and has less than $1,000 in assets. Also listed is a claim from Jose Baez, who represented Anthony in the murder trial, saying Anthony still owes him $500,000.
While it is still unknown where Anthony lives currently, her last known residence was in Florida, and it is believed she is still living somewhere in the state, as there are still several civil lawsuits pending against her.
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"I wish to take this opportunity to admit that there have been times that my sexual conduct has fallen below the standards expected of me as a priest, archbishop and cardinal." - Cardinal Keith O'Brien. O'Brien recently stepped down as the archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh citing old age as his reason, according to CNN. He had previously denied allegations of sexual misconduct, but seems to have reversed his stance by releasing this apology.
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The Good Wife: 5 Reasons Why Alicia's "Weak Moment" Is Bad for Business
[WARNING: The following story contains spoilers from Sunday's episode of The Good Wife. Read at your own risk.]
Yes, Alicia (Julianna Margulies), you're kind of an idiot. Or at least the titular character on The Good Wife was kind of an idiot for a few seconds during Sunday's episode when she and her boss/ex-lover Will (Josh Charles) shared an intense kiss in the midst of a heated argument about her status as an equity partner at Lockhart Gardner. Although there are probably plenty of faithful "Willicia" 'shippers excited by the out-of-left-field move, for others - this reporter included - the angry lip-lock elicited a different reaction. After playing the will-they-won't-they game for two seasons and then diving head-first into a brief office romance early in Season 3, we couldn't help but think, "Really? This again?" Below we devised five reasons why the kiss is bad news.
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1. That's not the way to win an argument. In the moments leading up to the kiss, Will and Alicia were yelling at each other about Alicia's "now you see it, now you don't" partnership offer. But instead of holding her ground and proving that she deserves to play with the big boys, Alicia quickly succumbed to Will the moment he leaned in for the kiss. Hey, we get it, passion is hard to deny. But in the long run, she now has to live with the why and how she was offered equity partnership and she has no one to blame but herself (and Will, who as Diane advised last year, really needs to learn how to keep his pants zipped).
2. She's now an equity partner. There's no ifs, ands or buts about it: Alicia is officially an equity partner at Lockhart Gardner. So while that whole sleeping-with-your-boss-on-your-lunch-break thing might have seemed exciting and dangerous in Season 3, now Alicia is in uncharted waters and needs to keep her head in the game. If she and Will had been formally found out before, a good chunk of the guilt would have been on him because he is a name partner. Now they're equals, for better and for worse. Alicia has to be even more careful now that there are several other fourth-year associates - sorry, Cary! - gunning for her spot at the big kids table.
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3. The world, or at least the state of Illinois, is watching. One of the big reasons Alicia was made equity partner in the first place was because Peter (Chris Noth) could very well be the next Governor. In this heated gubernatorial campaign, which has played dirty on extremely personal issues such as religion and family, if something like this kiss got out, the Florrick name would be tarnished. Eli has always mentioned how much Alicia helps Peter's image, but if Saint Alicia falls from her pedestal in such a way, it's hard to imagine Peter surviving the scandal unscathed.
4. Alicia has plenty of other things to worry about. For a long time, Zach (Graham Phillips) was working on the campaign behind her back. Grace (Makenzie Vega) is cutting class and making out with an older student (!) who smokes in the bushes(!!). And Jackie (Mary Beth Peil) is still recovering from her stroke while Googling about types of condoms to use with her health aide. Does Alicia really need more on her plate? No.
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5. Will likes Alicia more than she likes him. Apologies to Chicago's resident "bad boy of law," but that one time when he told Alicia he loved her on the phone during the affair will not be so easily forgotten. Alicia has had some sort of a sexual reawakening, but she still isn't completely lovey-dovey with Peter, at least from what we've seen. If she is still figuring out how to navigate her own marriage, it's extremely doubtful that she could be the loving, doting girlfriend Will secretly - or maybe no so secretly - wanted her to be when they were together.
What did you think of Will and Alicia's kiss on The Good Wife? Do you want them to get back together? Do you want Alicia to stay with Peter? Sound off in the comments below!
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Police commissioner: Boston suspects probably planned other attacks
Authorities find many unexploded homemade bombs, more than 250 rounds of ammunition
BOSTON | As churches paused to mourn the dead and console the survivors of the Boston Marathon bombing Sunday, the city's police commissioner said the two suspects had such a large cache of weapons that they were probably planning other attacks. The surviving suspect remained hospitalized and unable to speak with a gunshot wound to the throat.
After the two brothers engaged in a gun battle with police early Friday, authorities found many unexploded homemade bombs at the scene, along with more than 250 rounds of ammunition.
Police Commissioner Ed Davis said the stockpile was "as dangerous as it gets in urban policing."
"We have reason to believe, based upon the evidence that was found at that scene - the explosions, the explosive ordnance that was unexploded and the firepower that they had - that they were going to attack other individuals. That's my belief at this point." Davis told CBS's "Face the Nation."
On "Fox News Sunday," he said authorities cannot be positive there are not more explosives somewhere that have not been found. But the people of Boston are safe, he insisted.
The suspects in the twin bombings that killed three people and wounded more than 180 are two ethnic Chechen brothers from southern Russia - 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his 26-year-old brother, Tamerlan. Their motive remained unclear.
The older brother was killed during a getaway attempt. The younger brother was still in serious condition Sunday after his capture Friday from a tarp-covered boat in a suburban Boston backyard. Authorities would not comment on whether he had been questioned.
Sen. Dan Coats of Indiana, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Tsarnaev's throat wound raised questions about when he will be able to talk again, if ever.
The wound "doesn't mean he can't communicate, but right now I think he's in a condition where we can't get any information from him at all," Coats told ABC's "This Week."
It was not clear whether Tsarnaev was shot by police or inflicted the wound himself.
In the final standoff with police, shots were fired from the boat, but investigators have not determined where the gunfire was aimed, Davis said.
In an interview with The Associated Press, the parents of Tamerlan Tsarnaev insisted Sunday that he came to Dagestan and Chechnya last year to visit relatives and had nothing to do with the militants operating in the volatile part of Russia. His father said he slept much of the time.
The younger Tsarnaev could be charged any day. The most serious charge available to federal prosecutors would be the use of a weapon of mass destruction to kill people, which carries a possible death sentence. Massachusetts does not have the death penalty.
Across the rattled streets of Boston, churches opened their doors to remember the dead and ease the grief of the living.
At the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in South Boston, photographs of the three people killed in the attack and a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer slain Thursday were displayed on the altar, each face illuminated by a glowing white pillar candle.
"I hope we can all heal and move forward," said Kelly McKernan, who was crying as she left the service. "And obviously, the Mass today was a first step for us in that direction."
A six-block segment of Boylston Street, where the bombs were detonated, remained closed Sunday. But city officials were mapping out a plan to reopen it.
Mayor Thomas Menino said Sunday that once the scene is released by the FBI, the city will follow a five-step process, including environmental testing and a safety assessment of buildings. The exact timetable was uncertain.
Boston's historic Trinity Church could not host services Sunday because it was within the crime scene, but the congregation was invited to worship at the Temple Israel synagogue instead. The FBI allowed church officials a half-hour Saturday to go inside to gather the priests' robes, the wine and bread for Sunday's service.
Trinity's Rev. Samuel T. Lloyd III offered a prayer for those who were slain "and for those who must rebuild their lives without the legs that they ran and walked on last week."
"So where is God when the terrorists do their work?" Lloyd asked. "God is there, holding us and sustaining us. God is in the pain the victims are suffering, and the healing that will go on. God is with us as we try still to build a just world, a world where there will not be terrorists doing their terrible damage."
Near the crime scene, Dan and Keri Arone were pushing their 11-week-old daughter in a stroller when they stopped along Newbury Street, a block from the bombing site, to watch investigators in white jumpsuits scour the pavement. Wearing his bright blue marathon jacket, Dan Arone said he had crossed the finish line 40 minutes before the explosions.
The Waltham, Mass., couple visited the area to leave behind pairs of their running shoes among the bouquets of flowers, hand-written signs and other gifts at a makeshift memorial on Boylston Street, near the police barriers.
"I thought maybe we'd somehow get some closure," Dan Arone said of leaving behind the sneakers. "But I don't feel any closure yet."
The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was tracing the suspects' weapons to try to determine how they were obtained.
Neither of the brothers had permission to carry a gun. Cambridge Police Commissioner Robert Haas said it was unclear whether either of them ever applied for a gun permit, and the applications are not considered public records.
But the younger brother would have been denied a permit based on his age alone. Only people 21 or older are allowed gun licenses in Massachusetts.
Meanwhile, surgeons at a Cambridge hospital said the Boston transit police officer wounded in a shootout with the suspects had lost nearly all his blood, and his heart had stopped from a single gunshot wound that severed three major blood vessels in his right thigh.
Richard Donohue, 33, was in critical but stable condition. He is sedated and on a breathing machine but opened his eyes, moved his hands and feet and squeezed his wife's hand Sunday.
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is asking residents to observe a moment of silence Monday at the time the first of two bombs exploded. The one-minute tribute is scheduled for 2:50 p.m., exactly a week after the attacks. It will be followed by the ringing of bells in Boston and elsewhere in Massachusetts.
In New York, thousands of runners donned "I Run for Boston" bibs during a 4-mile run in Central Park, one of a number of races held around the world in support of the victims of the marathon bombings.
Across the Atlantic Ocean, thousands of London Marathon runners offered their own tributes. The race began after a moment of silence, and many competitors wore black armbands as a sign of solidarity.


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Some of America's best writers drank so heavily that their books bear witness to an "epidemic of alcoholism," Donald W. Goodwin says in Alcohol and the Writer. That was especially true in the first half of the 20th century. Writers of the era who might meet today's definition an alcoholic included William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Steinbeck, and Eugene O'Neill. And even during Prohibition (1919–1933), the drinks kept flowing in fiction. In his recent One for the Road: Drunk Driving Since 1900, Barron Lerner writes of the 1920s and 1930s:
"As the pendulum swung away from a dry mindset, literature and the cinema increasingly celebrated alcohol and inebriation. Alcohol played a central role in F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel of the Jazz Age, The Great Gatsby, and eased the ennui and alienation of characters in Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises (1926) and A Farewell to Arms (1929). Thorne Smith's 1926 novel Topper, which became a 1937 movie starring Cary Grant, romanticized the heavy-drinking couple George and Marion Kerby, who were killed when an inebriated George drives into a tree. Friends and acquaintances are none too distraught over the demise of the Kerbys, who wind up coming back as good-natured – and still drunk – ghosts. 'A gay life and quick death,' remarked one character. 'They liked it that way and they got what they wanted,' mused another. Nick and Nora Charles, heroine and heroine of The Thin Man films of the 1930s [based on Dashiell Hammett's The Thin Man], liked to compete with one another to see how many martins they could down at one sitting."